defence player with most assists last season

Quinn Hughes made the most assists by a defenseman in 2023-24, with 75 assists.

	NAME	A	SEASON	TM	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Quinn Hughes Q. Hughes	75	2023-24	VAN	82	17	92	+38	38	5	33	0	0	2	1	199	8.5	0	0	29	55	43	52	24:41
2	Cale Makar C. Makar	69	2023-24	COL	77	21	90	+15	16	7	32	1	3	1	0	231	9.1	0	0	36	148	70	42	24:46
3	Evan Bouchard E. Bouchard	64	2023-24	EDM	81	18	82	+34	32	8	27	0	0	7	2	220	8.2	0	0	71	105	59	82	23:00
4	Victor Hedman V. Hedman	63	2023-24	TBL	78	13	76	+18	76	4	27	0	0	2	0	168	7.7	0	0	65	102	29	54	24:48
5	Roman Josi R. Josi	62	2023-24	NSH	82	23	85	+12	45	9	24	0	1	5	2	268	8.6	0	0	46	151	33	60	24:38
6	Noah Dobson N. Dobson	60	2023-24	NYI	79	10	70	+12	36	1	23	0	1	4	0	174	5.7	0	0	84	180	32	62	24:31
7	Josh Morrissey J. Morrissey	59	2023-24	WPG	81	10	69	+33	44	2	17	0	0	1	0	196	5.1	0	0	91	103	45	42	24:11
8	Adam Fox A. Fox	56	2023-24	NYR	72	17	73	+21	36	6	27	1	1	5	1	137	12.4	0	0	46	123	47	33	23:27
9	Mike Matheson M. Matheson	51	2023-24	MTL	82	11	62	-24	58	5	23	2	0	0	0	187	5.9	0	0	62	186	49	76	25:33
10	Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	51	2023-24	TOR	72	7	58	+7	27	1	19	0	0	0	0	173	4.0	0	0	98	137	27	61	23:44
11	Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	46	2023-24	DET	81	10	56	-16	16	2	27	0	0	2	0	139	7.2	0	0	29	75	21	33	19:05
12	Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	46	2023-24	CBJ	70	11	57	0	22	2	10	0	0	0	0	202	5.4	0	0	23	130	35	26	24:27
13	Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	45	2023-24	PIT	82	11	56	+4	44	2	15	0	0	4	2	213	5.2	0	0	40	99	50	71	24:16
14	Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	45	2023-24	DAL	71	9	54	+8	36	2	19	0	0	2	0	162	5.6	0	0	59	97	33	36	24:32
15	John Carlson J. Carlson	43	2023-24	WSH	82	10	53	-7	40	6	15	0	0	5	0	176	5.7	0	0	69	194	58	82	25:54
16	Filip Hronek F. Hronek	43	2023-24	VAN	81	5	48	+33	38	2	9	0	0	0	0	148	3.4	0	0	104	87	24	50	23:26
17	Kris Letang K. Letang	41	2023-24	PIT	82	10	51	+13	62	0	5	0	1	2	0	164	6.1	0	0	141	136	47	64	24:41
18	Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	39	2023-24	BUF	81	20	59	-3	66	6	14	0	0	2	1	235	8.5	0	0	194	154	42	44	25:25
19	Brock Faber B. Faber	39	2023-24	MIN	82	8	47	-1	26	3	13	0	0	1	0	136	5.9	0	0	65	150	15	35	24:58
20	Devon Toews D. Toews	38	2023-24	COL	82	12	50	+28	18	0	5	0	2	2	0	159	7.5	0	0	74	110	57	46	23:26
21	Luke Hughes L. Hughes	38	2023-24	NJD	82	9	47	-25	28	4	21	0	0	1	1	135	6.7	0	0	24	55	42	69	21:28
22	Shea Theodore S. Theodore	37	2023-24	VGK	47	5	42	+4	6	2	13	0	0	1	0	105	4.8	0	0	9	78	27	22	22:05
23	Drew Doughty D. Doughty	35	2023-24	LAK	82	15	50	+15	44	7	13	0	0	3	1	135	11.1	0	0	110	142	20	45	25:48
24	Torey Krug T. Krug	35	2023-24	STL	77	4	39	-31	32	0	13	0	0	2	0	162	2.5	0	0	64	111	38	45	21:58
25	Vince Dunn V. Dunn	35	2023-24	SEA	59	11	46	+8	78	4	12	0	1	0	0	120	9.2	0	0	39	64	30	34	23:05